There are two railways?Meanwhile, Beijing continues to invest heavily in securing metal and mineral supplies from more “friendly” nations than Australia.
It is investing $A1.5 billion in upgrading an old railway network linking Zambia’s copper belt and the Democratic Republic of Congo with the Tanzanian Indian Ocean port of Dar es Salaam.
It’s part of Chairman Xi Jinping’s “Belt and Road” strategy to secure supplies of critical resources in the face of increased global disruption.
According to the state-controlled South China Morning Post, the upgraded rail line “will compete directly with a (new) railroad backed by the US and EU” seeking to link Zambia’s copper and DRC minerals to Angola’s Lobito port on the Atlantic.
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/mining/australian-miners-nervous-as-copper-ore-profits-collapse/news-story/f60b05624ecdc7645cf60e31ce0e2f16?amp